James Thompson BOULDER CITY, Nev. – Low water levels at the country’s largest reservoir continue to allow for discoveries of human remains, with the sixth year of the year happening at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The National Park Service said a diver initially found a bone in Callville Bay on October 17, and the next day, … Read more
Newark police identified the at-large madman who opened fire on two officers Tuesday afternoon. Kendall Howard, 30, was charged with two counts of attempted murder of the two Newark officers, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. The incident unfolded around 2 p.m. when police were alerted to … Read more
A former heavyweight boxer from Montenegro was charged with trafficking 22 tons of cocaine worth more than $1 billion from Columbia to Europe via the US, federal prosecutors said this week. Goran Gogic, 43, was arrested Sunday night while trying to board a flight to Zurich from Miami International Airport, after being indicted by a grand … Read more
Rapper Takeoff, best known as one-third of the hip-hop group Migos, died Tuesday after he was struck by a stray bullet, his label announced. The Grammy-nominated hitmaker, whose real name is Kirshnik Khari Ball, died in a shooting after a fight broke out over a dice game at a private party at 810 Billiards & … Read more
New York City’s building commissioner is under investigation as part of a gambling probe, with him possibly racking up debts during card games with mob associates and working to use his position to pay them back, law-enforcement sources told The Post on Tuesday. Department of Buildings chief Eric Ulrich, a former city councilman, was served a search warrant by the Manhattan District Attorney’s … Read more
Two Newark police officers were shot at close range Tuesday by a gunman they were trying to arrest outside an apartment building, officials said. The suspect, who is wanted in connection to a shooting in the city last week, fired at the officers with a handgun around 2 p.m. in a residential neighborhood, Newark Mayor … Read more
A Long Island teen is under investigation over last month’s wild shooting outside gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin’s home after the suspect was nabbed with the gun used in the crime, prosecutors said Tuesday. Three days before his weapons bust, 18-year-old Noah Green posted a photo on Snapchat that shows him and another person brazenly pointing … Read more
A mom of three was executed in front of her kids less than 24 hours after her estranged husband was sprung from jail on no bail over a caught-on-camera beatdown she’d posted to her Facebook page in a desperate plea for help. The shocking case — in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s western New York hometown — … Read more
QUITO – At least five Ecuadorean police officers were killed on Tuesday in explosive attacks in response to prisoner transfers from overcrowded and violent penitentiaries, prompting President Guillermo Lasso to declare a state of emergency in two provinces. Lasso, a conservative, has repeatedly blamed violence, including inside prisons, on drug gang retaliation for his government’s … Read more
An Alabama man posed as a Stanford University student, squatting in several campus dorms and associating with the student community for nearly a year, according to university officials and reports. William Curry, a 2021 high school grad from Birmingham, was kicked off campus Thursday after he allegedly stole a television from the Crothers Hall student … Read more